Greetings TVMS community,

We had a great opening week to the 2023-24 school year! There was a lot of positive energy in the building as students found their way around to their new classes and learned about TVMS expectations and classroom routines. We are off to a great start and look forward to this being an exciting and rewarding school year for our Timberwolves. Please read below for some important information and a few reminders.

Have a safe and relaxing rest of your Labor Day weekend.

Mrs. Denise Young

Principal

Monday, September 4, Labor Day- Schools and Offices Closed

Thursday, September 7, 6:30-8:30 PM, Back to school night

Friday, September 15, Schools and Offices Closed

Tuesday, September 19, PTSA Meeting 6:30-7:30 PM

Wednesday, September 20, PTSA Fundraiser- Crazy Mason Milkshake Bar

Monday, September 25, Schools and Offices Closed

This week the administrators met with students during one of their science classes and reviewed TVMS school procedures and the HCPSS Student Code of Conduct. You may view HCPSS Student Code of Conduct here.

Back to School Night is this Thursday 9/7. This is a great opportunity for you to meet your child’s teachers and get insight on what they will be learning this year. Our program starts at 6:30 PM and lasts until about 8:00 PM. Upon arrival, parents will receive a copy of their child’s schedule and report to their child’s first period class.

We have scheduled for parents to spend 7 minutes in each class with 4 minutes transition time in between each class.

For those of you who are interested in attending the GT program presentation or the Sexual Health program preview, they will meet in the Media Center at 6:15 PM.

G/T Seminars are open to all students at Thomas Viaduct Middle School. We have seminars such as African American History, Book Club, Debate, Math/Logic, Photography, Television Production, and Writer's Workshop. These seminars occur during the school day and you (the student) would be pulled out of one of your classes to attend the seminar. It is expected that you make up whatever you miss from that class as we do not want the seminar to negatively impact your learning. You must always inform your teacher that you have a seminar and it is the teacher's decision if you are able to miss class that day. If there is a quiz/test, you must stay in class. Students are responsible for making up any work they miss in class due to attending the GT seminar.

If you would like to join one of our GT Seminars, please fill out this Google form (using your HCPSS account, it will not work if you have your personal gmail open). Please reach out to Ms. Rice with any questions at leann_rice@hcpss.org.

Students are not permitted to use their personal technology devices (phones) during school time, including lunch, recess and hallway transitions. This is in accordance with the Board of Education Policy 8080. If a student is seen with their device they will be expected to put it away immediately. If chronic issues persist, disciplinary actions may be implemented in alignment with the HCPSS Code of Conduct.

To support this, please refrain from calling or texting your child during school hours. If you need to get a message to them or contact them, please call the Front Office at 410-313-8711

Food delivery services (i.e. Door Dash, Uber Eats, etc.) are not allowed. Delivery will be refused as we do not have the capability to process this during the school day. If a parent would like to bring their child's lunch to the school, we ask that you do so prior to the start of your child's lunch shift. Parents will need to leave the lunch with our Front Office staff.

To become a supporting member, please sign up here.

The first PTSA meeting for the school year will be Tuesday, September 19, 6:30-7:30 PM

For questions about the PTSA email TVMSPTSA@gmail.com

https://facebook.com/groups/616511753256107

See the HCPSS News page for information regarding HCPSS emails and text messaging. Parents must opt in to receive HCPSS and school text message alerts.

HCPSS no longer will use Nutrislice for school menus or MySchoolBucks for meal payments. LINQ Connect is a secure, online portal that allows families to view breakfast and lunch menus, make online meal payments, monitor their child’s account, schedule automatic recurring payments, set up low balance alerts, submit a Free and Reduced Meals program application, and more. Details and information are available online.

To apply for all the financial assistance benefits of Free and Reduced Meals, including free Evening and Summer School, free SAT/ACT test fees, free college application fees, etc., complete the quick FARMS application at:

https://linqconnect.com/public/meal-application/new?identifier=GA4UME

It is mandatory that all parents/ guardians verify and/ or update emergency information for each child each school year. Updating this information provides us with the most current emergency contact information, and also ensures that you are receiving important information and updates for HCPSS and TVMS. Log in to HCPSS Connect, select the More Options tab on the left and then select Family File in the center column.

For families that receive bus transportation, bus stop information for the 2023-2024 school year can be accessed online via the Bus Stop Locator or HCPSS Connect Synergy under More Options and then Homeroom / Transportation / POS.

View, download, print or subscribe to the HCPSS 2023-2024 calendar online. The calendar is subject to change; the online calendar reflects the most recent version. There will be no printed 2023-2024 calendars.

Website: http://www.tvms.hcpss.org
Location: 7000 Banbury Drive, Hanover, MD, USA
Phone: 410-313-8711